Compass is 180 degrees out on US maps??

aerotec

Had a search but can't see anyone else mention this.

I have a TT940 with latest maps and used it at the weekend in the US. It took me a while to realise the compass pointer was working 180 degrees out??!

Any cure for this or is it a bug? UK/EU maps work fine.

PaulB2005 · Posted: Thu Jun 11, 2009 4:03 pm Post subject:

Are you saying it's only 180 degrees out in the US?

Is it always 180 degrees out. Even if you are travelling North or South?

aerotec · Posted: Thu Jun 11, 2009 4:05 pm Post subject:

Darren · Posted: Thu Jun 11, 2009 4:10 pm Post subject:

aerotec · Posted: Thu Jun 11, 2009 4:19 pm Post subject:

PaulB2005 · Posted: Thu Jun 11, 2009 4:30 pm Post subject:

As per screenshot

Darren · Posted: Thu Jun 11, 2009 4:31 pm Post subject:

aerotec · Posted: Thu Jun 11, 2009 4:36 pm Post subject:

Andy_P · Posted: Thu Jun 11, 2009 10:34 pm Post subject:

So do you still think it is displaying wrong?
Can you post a couple of screen shots of it during a demo route while travelling in different directions?
Many people seem to get confused by the display now... It always POINTS to North...
Here are two screen shots from my 940 using the latest US maps. The first one I am travelling North and the compass points towards North.....

And here is one with me travelling EAST. Again the compass POINTS to the North...

It's this second example that makes many people shout "but it's pointing west!" but remember you are driving East, so North is out of your left window, which is where the compass is pointing.

Andy_P · Posted: Thu Jun 11, 2009 11:03 pm Post subject:

Found another pic I did....

aerotec · Posted: Thu Jun 11, 2009 11:09 pm Post subject:

Thanks for that! I understand now! And I am going to retire to a dark corner as indeed this is what my unit is doing. I was sure it was displaying 180 out but as I was driving in new territory I was guestimating where I thought it should be pointing (if it was meant to point in the direction of travel, as it used to do).

Tad embarrassed by this as I got 100% in my aviation navigation course so should have sussed it out, Lol! Thanks goodness for aviation GPS..."At the cloud ahead...turn left" Smile

I would prefer it to point in the direction of travel so I can easily see if I am travelling NSEW without having to use a brain cell to figure out if the pointer is going that way I must be going in X direction. I'll get used to it!

PS How do you do the screenshots? Run it through TT Home and hit print screen then crop the screenshot??

dhn · Posted: Thu Jun 11, 2009 11:20 pm Post subject:

Check out this post for another method.
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gatorguy6996 · Posted: Thu Jun 11, 2009 11:32 pm Post subject:

Set up a directory in your TomTom named "screen", all lower-case. then a file in that directory called "capture", no file extension. then save and exit. As long as the directory and file are there, pressing the area near the top left corner will save a screen shot, confirmed by the sound of a camera shutter. Might be a little tricky hitting the right spot the first few times you do it. It's not really a TomTom feature like on the nuvis, so no icons to show it's working or where to tap. When I don't want screenshots active, I just change the directory name on my TomTom to screen1, disabling it. Screenshots are only saved as jpegs.

EDIT: DHN, you're a sneaky devil. While I'm typing out instructions, you jump in a post a link. I'll get you later Pistol Shoot Out

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aerotec · Posted: Thu Jun 11, 2009 11:33 pm Post subject:

aerotec · Posted: Thu Jun 11, 2009 11:36 pm Post subject:

...and gatorguy6996 Jumping With Joy

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